Raid on illegal railway e-ticketing in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Nationwide crackdown under ‘Operation Thunder’ against illegal e-ticketing and touting activities was conducted yesterday as per the direction of Director General of RPF, New Delhi.

During the operation, Railway Protection Force of East Coast Railway under command of IG & Principal Chief Security Commissioner/RPF Raja Ram conducted surprise raids at more than 20 places against such illegal activities over East Coast Railway jurisdiction covering the state of Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.

As many as 19 cases were registered against 19 such illegal e-ticketing agents/touts. They were arrested for prosecution U/S-143 of Railway Act. About 728 numbers of railway e-tickets valued Rs 15,21,670 (approx) were seized.

Besides these incriminating materials including liquid cash, modems, computers and other accessories worth more than Rs 5 lakh (approx) have also been seized.

The raid was part of ongoing war by RPF against E-ticketing business being conducted across the nation which this time included Bhubaneswar, Puri, Cuttack, Bhadrak, Berhampur, Kantabanjhi and Rayagada.

In view of summer holidays rush, heavy demand for Railway reserved tickets, with meticulous planning and in close coordination with IRCTC, the mission was worked out in advance. Information about fake and fictitious IDs and touts were procured and intelligence based recce was taken up before going to raid such locations.

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